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Friday, October 28, 2011

Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am probably BORING my regular followers this week, but I don't have any other quilt to submit to the festival this Fall, other than my Spiders and Webs Quilt.

Last time I mention it on the blog....I PROMISE!!!

I finished it over the weekend!

This is a HUGE feat since, like I have said before, I am a not a Halloween expert. After doing my Haunted Mansion Mantle and this quilt, I can honestly say that we are picking up the spirit around the house. The boys (and I mean dear hubby, too), and I had a grand time scheming and shopping for outdoor decorations this year!

For those of my followers who don't know, Moda is a Fabric company that quilters love. The Bake Shop is known for the different pre-cut fabrics they provide. My job is to make projects with them. How awful, right!

Button was pleased too....

It was a quilt that was out of my comfort zone.Bright Halloween colors. Busy fabrics.
And variegated thread for the quilting!

I had planned to do a different quilting scheme than the final product. I actually struggled with whether I was going to FMQ (free motion quilt) or stitch in the ditch or echo quilt.

But when I sat down with those crazy colors. The movie Coraline came to mind.

The variegated thread was just begging me to mimic that swirl and spiral! As soon as I started doing a spiral, I realized that I nailed it. I didn't have to be perfect. Primitive and uneven were the name of the game.

It is one of my most favorite "cartoon" movie. Spooky. Beautiful. Juxtaposition of gray tones and bright colors. The movie has tiny handmade items like Coraline's sweater.

I especially love the buttons in the movie.

I love Buttons!!!

This is him taking off....just started crawling on all fours last week!

We already used the quilt this past weekend. Family Movie Night at the boys' school. It is actually the largest quilt that I have made and kept.

To those quilters that follow me, I REALLY recommend joining in! You get to show off your quilt one more time AND you get to see some other amazing quilts. It is like going to a quilt show without ever leaving your own home and it's FREE!!!

If you want to join in...here are the Quilt Festival's participation rules:

1. Share ONE quilt and it's story. It doesn't have to be new. Just make a NEW post...old posts will be deleted. (Hence, why you are seeing my quilt again this week).

2. Link back to the festival. Click on the image at the top of this post or below!

3. Create a permalink at Amy's Creative Side. Go HERE for specific instructions. You want the other participants to come and visit, right?

Yea! Another Halloween Quilt! Waycol, and all of those boys! I also am the queen of an entirely testosterone loaded household! Also have family in Texas (so sorry about the World Series... I was rooting for the Cards...LOL, but don't tell my family) Congrats on the Moda job! That's pretty cool!

Now I'm not much of a halloween person myself (perhaps I will even go so far as to say I'm the grinch of halloween) but that quilt is so fun and maybe just maybe I'll have to look into doing something similar next year.

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I'm Heidi! I'm a quilter, longarmer (is that even a word?), pattern designer, and mom of four fantastic boys. Basically, I'm just trying to keep my head above water. Did I mention that I never take myself too seriously?